To celebrate this anniversary, a jubilee logo was designed, which graphically represented the technical development of the Officer's Knife. A special edition of the SwissChamp and Spartan with this logo was released in June 1997.
This logo adorned the jubilee knife as a metal insert. To round off the overall impression, there was a two-tone print on the large blade, with VICTORINOX in a red bar and the lettering: 100 years Swiss Army Knife.
The knives were packed in a special tin boxes, with the Anniversary Logo embossed on the lid and accompanied with a booklet. (Some knives were packed in a tin boxes, with the Victorinox standard logo embossed.)
The knives were numbered, but not limited in amount. Information from Victorinox (source: Qd-00669.docx, 'SAMMLER UND SONDEREDITIONEN' by Victorinox AG, Version 13.07.2011, p. 29) indicated that about 52,500 Spartan models were manufactured and sold!
Models:
- 1.3603.J97 - Spartan
- 1.6794.J97 - SwissChamp